Introduction
Explore and experiment with photographic practices by studying for our BA (Hons) Photography degree at Cambridge School of Art.
Learn to create images that tell compelling stories, whether your dream is to be a fashion or fine art photographer or a photojournalist.
As a photography student at ARU you’ll develop skills in professional photography, multimedia, critical communication and exhibition.
Take full advantage of our specialist darkrooms, photographic studios, and digital post-production and printing suite. You can also borrow specialist camera equipment through our dedicated loan service.
You’ll be taught through individual tutorial and studio sessions, as well as in group lectures and workshops, with regular career development events throughout your study.
Key facts
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Courtney Manning
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Georgia Freeman
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Jac Williams
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Jess Brittain
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Jess Brittain
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Kayleigh Ward
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Kristina Babak
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Lyydia Osara
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Mairead McConnell
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Nicole Keeley
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Paul Westhead
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Tabitha Biggs
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Facilities and showcase
Industry-standard facilities
As a Photography student at ARU you’ll have access to all our facilities including:
- Black & white and colour darkrooms, and black & white film processing room
- A bespoke digital suite with iMacs, flat bed and virtual drum scanners, and Epson professional large format inkjet printers
- 3 photographic studios with Profoto lighting and accessories
- An extensive range of analogue and professional digital cameras and lenses. including Canon, Sinar, Nikon, Pentax and Hasselblad
- Ruskin Gallery, a professional digital art gallery.
Futures Lab and workshop equipment
Our new digital workshop includes a variety of computer aided manufacturing machines, helping you learn up to date manufacturing and design processes as well as supporting many traditional techniques. These technologies include:
- 3D printers and scanners - FDM printers; material-specific extruders; SLA Formlabs printers; SLS Formlabs Fuse1; structured light 3D scanners
- 2D printing and cutting machines - laser cutters; Roland BN20 vinyl printer & cutter; Gerber substrate cutter; Mimaki TX300P sublimation printer.
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Kerstin Hacker
Co-Course Leader and Senior Lecturer, Photography
Julia Johnson
Lecturer and Course Leader, Photography
Duncan Ganley
Lecturer, Photography
Careers
Our BA (Hons) Photography degree will help you prepare for work in the photographic, creative and media industries, or for self-employment as a photographer or artist.
We work with employers to make sure you graduate with the knowledge, skills and abilities they need. They help us review what we teach and how we teach it – and they offer hands-on, practical opportunities to learn through work-based projects, internships or placements.
You can choose to take up formal or informal work placements that will help you establish your own professional network, including opportunities such as working for magazines, galleries and photographers. Our campus employment bureau can also help you find photographic jobs that fit around your studies.
Around ARU you can also take advantage of many opportunities to use and promote your skills, such as working with staff and students to photograph their events.
We also hold regular career development events featuring guest speakers, such as professional photographers Tom Hunter, Jane Hilton and Tim Flach.
Tom Alfuth
"I enjoyed working to a brief but still being creative and artistic, and the fast-paced nature of the workflow – always having something new to work on, plan, coordinate, photograph and edit each day."
Tom Alfuth
BSc (Hons) Photography student
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